A350 premium economy trends towards narrower 2-4-2 layout
What does premium economy look like? For most of the life of this middle cabin — launched in 1992 by either Virgin Atlantic or EVA Air, whic... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: British Airways
Press Release: British Airways introduces SkyLights VR IFE
British Airways customers will be transported to their own 3D cinema in the skies as the airline exclusively trials a new virtual reality he... Continue Reading
Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar ready for LCC HK Express
The premium passenger experience has been so important to Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar that he spent the night at headquarters sleepi... Continue Reading
British Airways’ hot-weather meltdown has lessons for climate crisis
Dozens of flights cancelled. Overheating terminals in chaos. Passengers sleeping on emergency mats at checkin. Air conditioning failing to k... Continue Reading
British Airways’ frustrating failures in joined-up #PaxEx
We hear an awful lot about how combining disparate data points into new systems will lead to better information for passengers, and indeed i... Continue Reading
Hyper-realistic VR rendering helps BA bring new Club Suite to life
Hyper-realistic virtual reality (VR) models of aircraft cabins offer airlines and designers a new opportunity to test and promote products w... Continue Reading
Safran reveals details of new Fusio business suite on ANA
After several years on the interiors trade show circuit, Safran has secured a launch customer for its ultra-wide Fusio business class mini-s... Continue Reading
BA’s EAN disappoints on bandwidth, performance and Netflix
It was with some excitement that Runway Girl Network, sifting through the seatback pocket of a recent British Airways A320 flight from Lyon ... Continue Reading
Paris curiosities: MAX name omission and global certification
The Boeing 737 MAX, and the company’s response to its worldwide ban on safety grounds, was expected to dominate the 53rd Paris Air Show, and... Continue Reading
Gore seals its position as supplier on two big nextgen IFC programs
With SmartSky Networks “laser focused” on launching 4G LTE air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity with 5G features this year in the United States,... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic’s photo-friendly afternoon tea is bang on trend
If there’s a perfect storm of passenger experience trends at the moment, it’s Virgin Atlantic’s afternoon tea. Now offered in all three of t... Continue Reading
Airbus looks for new approaches to premium seat availability problems
Earlier this month the production and capacity squeeze on premium seatmakers took a particularly unusual turn. When Airbus revealed its new ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Passenger Experience Week looks to the future
Passenger Experience Week welcomed the industry’s leading senior air, rail and cruise buyers when it returned to the Hamburg Messe this mont... Continue Reading
Icelandair over the Atlantic: perfectly fine but left wanting more
While I try to get to my destinations on non-stop flights, sometimes that just isn’t possible. One of those destinations happens to be Hambu... Continue Reading
JetBlue finally Minting new transatlantic routes and new Mint seat
The year 2021 will see JetBlue launching “a reimagined version of Mint”, its premium flat bed cabin, with flights from both New York JFK and... Continue Reading
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